Deck 2: Classical View of Organizations

Question 1

According to the definitions of an organization, all of the following are elements of the definitions except which of the following?

A) A common goal is being sought.
B) More than one person is needed.
C) Financial obligations have been met.
D) Specialized functions are coordinated.
E) Members' contributions are specialized.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Healthy People 2020 is an example of which type of organization?

A) Private organization
B) Public organization
C) Third sector organization
D) Nonprofit organization
E) None of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The Y is an example of which type of organization?

A) Private organization
B) Public organization
C) Third sector organization
D) Nonprofit organization
E) None of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

When the public-at-large is the prime beneficiary of an organization, then that organization can be classified as which of the following?

A) Business concern
B) Commonweal organization
C) Mutual-benefit association
D) Service organization
E) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following organizational attributes best describes the service and mission of the organization?

A) Permanency
B) Division of labor
C) Clear boundaries
D) Identity
E) Program of activity

Question 6

Generally speaking, an organization tends to last longer than the individuals who make up the organization. This refers to which organizational attribute?

A) Permanency
B) Division of labor
C) Clear boundaries
D) Formal rules and procedures
E) Life expectancy

Question 7

Which of the following is not an attribute of an organization?

A) More than one person is needed
B) The members' contributions are specialized
C) Specialized functions are coordinated
D) Transitory nature
E) Hierarchy of authority

Question 8

Which of the following is not an attribute of an organization?

A) Division of labor
B) Quality of labor
C) Membership
D) Instrumentality
E) Program of activity

Question 9

Which of the following organizational attributes specifies where the power to make decisions resides?

A) Division of labor
B) Clear boundaries
C) Formal rules and procedures
D) Identity
E) Hierarchy of authority

Question 10

Which of the following organizational attributes remains consistent over time?

A) Division of labor
B) Clear boundaries
C) Formal rules and procedures
D) Identity
E) Hierarchy of authority

Question 11

Which of the following organizational attributes can be limited to certain demographics?

A) Division of labor
B) Membership
C) Formal rules and procedures
D) Identity
E) Hierarchy of authority

Question 12

Which of the following is a way in which a third sector organization is formed?

A) Government creates it
B) Government cuts funding to a public organization
C) Government provides funding to a private organization
D) Initial public offering (IPO)
E) Both A and C are correct

Question 13

Based on the employee-customer interface, service organizations are described as all of the following except:

A) Maintenance-interactive
B) Task-interactive
C) Personal-interactive
D) Transactional-interactive
E) All of the above are correct

Question 14

Programs of activity partially define the goals of an organization and the domain in which it operates.

Question 15

Organizational permanency helps to largely define what the organization is.

Question 16

Formalization refers to the extent to which procedures and rules determine the jobs and activities of employees.

Question 17

A decentralized organizational structure is one in which the general manager makes most of the decisions.

Question 18

A profit oriented organization considers its "extra" money a surplus.

Question 19

An organization is instrumental in achieving goals that are beyond the capacity of the individual members.

Question 20

Members of an organization are relatively more permanent than the organization itself.

Question 21

The major source of funding has also been used to classify organizations into private and public organizations.

Question 22

The ___________________ of an organization is separate from the members who make up the organization.

Question 23

An ___________________ is a group of people working together in some type of concerted or coordinated effort to attain objectives.

Question 24

_________________ is defined as an organization's capacity of achieving goals beyond those of individuals.

Question 25

An organization is _________________ in achieving goals that are beyond the capacity of its individual members.

Question 26

An organization's _______________ are described as that organization's goals, program of activity, and roster of members.

Question 27

Organizations tend to define ________________ and establish its parameters.

Question 28

The IOC promotes and fosters worldwide sport participation, which is an example of their organizational _______________. Meanwhile, their _______________ is defined by the devotion they have toward their mission.

Question 29

The ________________________ is what an organization uses to assign certain work roles to their employees.

Question 30

The _______________ of an organization defines, in part, the goals of the organization and the domain in which it operates.

Question 31

Some of the criteria for classifying organizations that are more germane to sports/physical activity organizations include (a) _______, (b) _______, and (c) _______.

Question 32

The _______________ of an organization is the group for whose benefit the organization exists.

Question 33

The essential feature of a _______________ organization is the partnership or collaboration between traditional private and public sector organizations.

Question 34

In the _______________ type of organization, the information processed by the employee is rather limited; the decisions made are simple; and each transaction with a customer involves little time, simple decisions, and minimal information processing.

Question 35

In the _______________ service organization, more time is involved, decisions are more complex, and employees have more information; as a consequence, employees have more power than customers.

Question 36

Blau and Scott (1960) proposed four types of organizations, based on the notion of prime beneficiary; these include: (a) _________________, (b) __________________. and (c) __________________.

Question 37

The notion that organizations outlast the transfers, resignations, and deaths of individual members is known as __________.

Question 38

An example of __________ would be represented by the positions of senior associate director, associate director, and assistant director.